Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989), the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975) and prior to that an actor.
Upon his college graduation, Reagan first moved to Iowa to work as a radio broadcaster and then in 1937 to Los Angeles, California. He began a career as an actor appearing in over fifty movie productions. Some of his most notable roles are in Knute Rockne, All American and Kings Row.
Reagan served as president of the Screen Actors Guild, and later spokesman for General Electric. His start in politics occurred during his work for General Electric.
Originally a member of the Democratic Party, he switched to the Republican Party in 1962. After supporting of Barry Goldwater's presidential candidacy in 1964, he was persuaded to seek the California governorship, winning two years later and again in 1970. He was defeated in his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 as well as 1976, but defeated incumbent Jimmy Carter in 1980 presidential election.
Reagan left office in 1989. In 1994, the former president disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease earlier in the year. He died ten years later at the age of 93.
Known For
American Beauty
(1999)
President Ronald Reagan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Atomic Blonde
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
American Made
(2017)
Himself (archive footage)
Bombshell
(2019)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Milk
(2008)
Self (archive Footage)
An Inconvenient Truth
(2006)
Self (archive footage)
The Kingdom
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
(2021)
Self (archive Footage)
The Sentinel
(2006)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Beirut
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
The Killers
(1964)
Jack Browning
13th
(2016)
Self (archive footage)
Zero Days
(2016)
Himself (archive footage)
HyperNormalisation
(2016)
Self (archive footage)
Naqoyqatsi
(2002)
Self (archive footage)
Dark Victory
(1939)
Alec
Full Filmography
Acting
Love Is on the Air
(1937)
Andy McCaine
Hollywood Hotel
(1938)
Radio Host at Premiere (uncredited)
Going Places
(1938)
Jack Withering
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
(1938)
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Swing Your Lady
(1938)
Jack Miller
Brother Rat
(1938)
Dan Crawford
Cowboy from Brooklyn
(1938)
Pat Dunn
Sergeant Murphy
(1938)
Pvt. Dennis Reilley
Girls on Probation
(1938)
Neil Dillon
Accidents Will Happen
(1938)
Eric Gregg
Boy Meets Girl
(1938)
Announcer
Breakdowns of 1938
(1938)
Ronald (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dark Victory
(1939)
Alec
Angels Wash Their Faces
(1939)
Patrick "Pat" Remson
Smashing the Money Ring
(1939)
Lt. Brass Bancroft
Secret Service of the Air
(1939)
Lt. 'Brass' Bancroft
Naughty But Nice
(1939)
Eddie
Code of the Secret Service
(1939)
Brass Bancroft
Hell's Kitchen
(1939)
Jim Donahue
Breakdowns of 1939
(1939)
Self
Sword Fishing
(1939)
Narrator (voice)
Santa Fe Trail
(1940)
George Custer
Knute Rockne All American
(1940)
George Gipp
Murder in the Air
(1940)
Brass Bancroft
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
(1940)
Eddie Kent
Brother Rat and a Baby
(1940)
Dan Crawford
Alice in Movieland
(1940)
Carlo's Guest (uncredited)
An Angel from Texas
(1940)
Marty Allen
Breakdowns of 1940
(1940)
Self
Million Dollar Baby
(1941)
Peter Rowan
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
(1941)
Matt Sawyer
The Bad Man
(1941)
Gil Jones
Breakdowns of 1941
(1941)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
International Squadron
(1941)
Jimmy Grant
Kings Row
(1942)
Drake McHugh
Desperate Journey
(1942)
Flying Officer Johnny Hammond
Juke Girl
(1942)
Steve Talbot
Beyond the Line of Duty
(1942)
Narrator (voice)
Shoot Yourself Some Golf
(1942)
Himself
Mr. Gardenia Jones
(1942)
Gardenia Jones
Breakdowns of 1942
(1942)
Self
This Is the Army
(1943)
Johnny Jones
The Rear Gunner
(1943)
Lt. Ames
Recognition of the Japanese Zero Fighter
(1943)
Jimmy Saunders
For God and Country
(1943)
Michael O'Keefe
Cadet Classification
(1943)
B-29 Flight Engineer
(1944)
Narrator / Voice of Pilot (voice)
Operation of the Glider Pick-Up by the C-47
(1944)
Narrator (voice)
Air Siege
(1944)
Narrator (voice)
Fighter Combat Formation: Attacks and Escorts
(1944)
Captain
Recognition of the CG-4A Glider
(1944)
Narrator (voice)
The Fight for the Sky
(1945)
Narrator (voice)
Target Tokyo
(1945)
Narrator
Wings for This Man
(1945)
Narrator (voice)
The Stilwell Road
(1945)
Narrator
Blow-Ups of 1946
(1946)
Self
The Voice of the Turtle
(1947)
Sergeant Bill Page
So You Want to Be in Pictures
(1947)
Himself (uncredited)
That Hagen Girl
(1947)
Tom Bates
Stallion Road
(1947)
Larry Hanrahan
Blow-Ups of 1947
(1947)
Self
It's a Great Feeling
(1949)
Ronald Reagan (uncredited)
The Hasty Heart
(1949)
Yank
The Girl from Jones Beach
(1949)
Bob Randolph - Robert Benerik
Night Unto Night
(1949)
John Galen
John Loves Mary
(1949)
John Lawrence
Louisa
(1950)
Hal Norton
Storm Warning
(1951)
Burt Rainey
Bedtime for Bonzo
(1951)
Professor Peter Boyd
The Last Outpost
(1951)
Capt. Vance Britten
The Big Truth
(1951)
Host
The Winning Team
(1952)
Grover Cleveland Alexander
She's Working Her Way Through College
(1952)
John Palmer
Hong Kong
(1952)
Jeff Williams
Law and Order
(1953)
Frame Johnson
Tropic Zone
(1953)
Dan McCloud
Cattle Queen of Montana
(1954)
Farrell
Prisoner of War
(1954)
Webb Sloane
Tennessee's Partner
(1955)
Cowpoke
Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast
(1955)
The Dangerous Drugs
(1956)
Narrator
Hellcats of the Navy
(1957)
Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)
The Young Doctors
(1961)
Narrator (voice)
Who Killed Julie Greer?
(1961)
Rex Kent
The Truth About Communism
(1962)
The Killers
(1964)
Jack Browning
The Victory Squad
(1966)
Himself
Head
(1968)
Ronald Reagan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Blue
(1970)
(archive footage)
Cold Turkey
(1971)
Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
(1976)
Self (archive footage)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
(1980)
Self (archive footage)
The Killing of America
(1981)
Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
(1982)
(archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
(1982)
Self (archive footage)
Let Poland Be Poland
(1982)
Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
(1983)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon on Camera
(1983)
Self (archive footage)
EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Program
(1983)
Self
43/84: 1984
(1984)
Self
Tyranny of the Status Quo: Beneficiaries
(1984)
Self (Archival Footage)
Tyranny of the Status Quo: Bureaucrats
(1984)
Self (Archival Footage)
Tyranny of the Status Quo: Politicians
(1984)
Self (Archival Footage)
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
(1984)
Self (archive footage)
America, You're Too Young to Die
(1985)
Himself
Acts of Violence
(1985)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
(1985)
Self (archive footage)
Destination Nicaragua
(1986)
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Uncensored
(1987)
Self (archive footage)
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
(1987)
(archive footage) as himself
The Journey
(1987)
Self
Der springende Punkt
(1987)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
(1988)
Self
Thy Kingdom Come ... Thy Will Be Done
(1988)
Self - American President (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
(1988)
Self (archive footage)
Praise the Lord
(1988)
Self
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
(1989)
Self (archive footage)
Roger & Me
(1989)
Self (archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(1990)
(archive footage)
Positive
(1990)
Himself
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
(1990)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
(1990)
Self
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
(1991)
Self (archive footage)
Are We Alone In the Universe?
(1991)
Self (archive footage)
Armageddon: The Future of the Planet is at Stake
(1991)
Self (archive footage)
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
(1991)
Self
Post No Bills
(1992)
A Time For Choosing
(1994)
Self
Inside the White House
(1996)
Self (archive footage)
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
(1996)
Self (archive footage)
All Power to the People!
(1996)
Self (archive footage)
Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2
(1996)
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
(1997)
Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen
(1997)
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
(1997)
Self (archive footage)
Reagan
(1998)
Self (archive footage)
Secrets of the CIA
(1998)
Self (archive footage)
Presidential Bloopers
(1999)
Self (archive footage)
According to Occam's Razor
(1999)
American Beauty
(1999)
President Ronald Reagan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years
(2001)
Self (archive footage)
Naqoyqatsi
(2002)
Self (archive footage)
The Cockettes
(2002)
Self (archive footage)
Afganistan: Land in Crisis
(2002)
Self
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
(2003)
Himself (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: 'Monsieur Verdoux'
(2003)
Self (archive footage)
Stand-up Reagan
(2004)
Self (archive footage)
Salute to Reagan - A President's Greatest Moments
(2004)
Himself
Strip Search
(2004)
self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan: The Great Communicator
(2004)
Self (Archive footage)
President Ronald Reagan: The Great Speeches
(2004)
Self
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
(2004)
Self (archive footage)
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
(2004)
Self (archive footage)
Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs
(2005)
Himself
The Found Footage Festival Volume 1: Live in Brooklyn
(2005)
Himself (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan: An American President
(2005)
Himself
An Inconvenient Truth
(2006)
Self (archive footage)
The Sentinel
(2006)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Best Ever Spitting Image
(2006)
Self (Archive Footage)
...So Goes the Nation
(2006)
Self (archive footage)
Heckler
(2007)
Self
Sputnik Mania
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
The War on Democracy
(2007)
Self (Archive Footage)
Hammer & Tickle
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
The Kingdom
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
Blood and Oil
(2008)
Self
All the Presidents' Wives
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
Bigger Stronger Faster*
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
Milk
(2008)
Self (archive Footage)
La Coupe Stanley à Montréal en 1993
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
Disco and Atomic War
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
Looking Back to the Future
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
Capitalism: A Love Story
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
Outrage
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
Nancy Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime
(2010)
Archival footage
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
(2010)
Self (archive footage)
Beyond the Black Rainbow
(2010)
Self (archive footage)
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
(2010)
Self (archive footage)
How to Win the TV Debate
(2010)
Self (Archive Footage)
The Undefeated
(2011)
Self - President of the United States (archive footage)
Reagan
(2011)
Himself (archive footage)
Reagan
(2011)
Self (archive footage)
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
(2011)
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan: An American Journey
(2011)
Self
41
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
The House I Live In
(2012)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Untold History Of The United States
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
An Escalator in World Order
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
JFK Remembered: 50 Years Later
(2013)
Himself
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
(2013)
Self (archive footage)
The Presidents' Gatekeepers
(2013)
Self (archive footage)
Our Nixon
(2013)
Self
Before the Revolution
(2013)
Self
Koch
(2013)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Propaganda
(2013)
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Unwarranted Influence
(2014)
The Making of Trump
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
Geheimauftrag Pontifex – Der Vatikan im Kalten Krieg
(2015)
himself
All Eyes And Ears
(2015)
Himself
Laissez-faire
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
The Emperor's New Clothes
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
Bitter Lake
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
Zero Days
(2016)
Himself (archive footage)
The Billboard Boys
(2016)
Himself (Archive Footage)
HyperNormalisation
(2016)
Self (archive footage)
Shadow World
(2016)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
How to Win the US Presidency
(2016)
Self (archive footage)
13th
(2016)
Self (archive footage)
The Occupation of the American Mind
(2016)
Self (archive footage)
The Reagan Show
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
American Made
(2017)
Himself (archive footage)
Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web
(2017)
Himself (archive footage)
The Arrow of Time
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Get Me Roger Stone
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Der Reichstag
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Atomic Blonde
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Above Majestic
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
The Corporate Coup D'État
(2018)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Game Changers
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
¡Las Sandinistas!
(2018)
Himself (archive footage)
Studio 54
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Reversing Roe
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
King Bibi
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
The Road to Mass Incarceration
(2018)
Self
Beirut
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Hesburgh
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Where's My Roy Cohn?
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
(2019)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
The Era of Neoliberalism
(2019)
Himself (Archive Footage)
Laboratory Greece
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Bombshell
(2019)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Killing Patient Zero
(2019)
Himself (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Sid & Judy
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
(2019)
Self
Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
Frenemies: Putin and Trump
(2020)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Public Trust
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
The Soul of America
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
The Way I See It
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
John Lewis: Good Trouble
(2020)
Self (archive Footage)
The Plot Against the President
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
Zappa
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan: His Winning Wit
(2020)
Himself
#UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald Trump
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
Television Event
(2020)
Himself (archive footage)
The Cars We Drove into Capitalism
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
(2021)
Self
The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
(2021)
Self (archive Footage)
Absolute Proof
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Mondo Hollywoodland
(2021)
Himself
Killer, Trader and Psychopath: The America of Bret Easton Ellis
(2021)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
(2021)
Self - (archive footage)
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
In the Grip of Gazprom
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
The Kennedy Dynasty
(2023)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia
(2023)
Self (Archive Footage)
Mehdi Amel - The Colonial Mode of Production
(2024)
Self (archive footage)
Production